Screen Media Ventures, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment,
Inc. (Nasdaq: CSSE) company, announced today the successful opening
weekend Premium Video-On-Demand (“PVOD”) release of horror thriller
Willy’s Wonderland, starring Nicolas Cage.
The feature by Landmark Studio Group
(“Landmark”) is directed by Kevin Lewis from a screenplay written
by G.O. Parsons. In Willy’s Wonderland, a quiet loner (Cage) finds
himself stranded in a remote town when his car breaks down. Unable
to pay for the repairs he needs, he agrees to spend the night
cleaning Willy’s Wonderland, an abandoned family fun center. But
this wonderland has a dark secret that the “The Janitor” is about
to discover. He soon finds himself trapped inside Willy's and
locked in an epic battle with the possessed animatronic mascots
that roam the halls. To survive, he must fight his way through each
of them.
“Willy’s Wonderland has quickly become a fan
favorite as evidenced by the Rotten Tomato audience score of 80%
and the tens of millions of impressions of the movie’s trailer,”
stated David Ozer, CEO of Landmark.
“We are thrilled with the U.S. opening weekend
performance for Willy’s Wonderland, and are expecting to see
continued momentum into the second weekend,” said David Fannon,
President of Screen Media. “We anticipate this movie will add to
our Q1 revenue and Adjusted EBITDA.”
Willy’s Wonderland is produced by Nicolas Cage,
Mike Nilon, Grant Cramer, Jeremy Daniel Davis, David Ozer and Bryan
Lord. The Executive Producers are Tim Rouhana, David Nagelberg,
David Fannon, Mark Damon, Seth Needle, Tamara Birkemoe, Adam
Rifkin, Victor Perillo, Scott Harbert, and Jake Seal. Chicken Soup
for the Soul Entertainment’s Screen Media Ventures, LLC, the film’s
global distributor, has sold into key territories around the world,
including U.K., Canada, Australia, Italy, Germany, Asia, Middle
East, and Latin America.
Screen Media released Willy’s Wonderland in
select theaters and is increasing the number of theatrical screens
by 50% for the upcoming weekend. View the official trailer on
YouTube.
ABOUT SCREEN MEDIA VENTURESScreen Media
Ventures, LLC, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (Nasdaq:
CSSE) company, acquires the rights to high quality, independent
television series and feature films. Screen Media Ventures acquires
worldwide rights for distribution through theatrical, home video,
pay-per-view, free, cable and pay television, video-on-demand, and
new digital media platforms. The company acquires AVOD rights for
third party networks and is the main supplier of content for
Crackle Plus and other Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment
properties. With a library of over 1,500 television series and
motion pictures, Screen Media Ventures is one of the largest
independent suppliers of high-quality tv series and motion pictures
to U.S. and international broadcast markets, cable networks, home
video outlets and new media venues. For more information, visit:
www.screenmedia.net.
ABOUT CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL
ENTERTAINMENTChicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc.
(Nasdaq: CSSE) operates streaming video-on-demand networks (VOD).
The company owns Crackle Plus, which owns and operates a variety of
ad-supported and subscription-based VOD networks including Crackle,
Popcornflix, Popcornflix Kids, Truli, Pivotshare, Españolflix and
FrightPix. The company also acquires and distributes video content
through its Screen Media subsidiary and produces original long and
short-form content through Landmark Studio Group, its Chicken Soup
for the Soul Originals division and APlus.com. Chicken Soup for the
Soul Entertainment is a subsidiary of Chicken Soup for the Soul,
LLC, which publishes the famous book series and produces
super-premium pet food under the Chicken Soup for the Soul brand
name.
ABOUT LANDMARK STUDIO
GROUPLandmark Studio Group, a Chicken Soup for the Soul
Entertainment company, is a fully-integrated entertainment company,
which aims to create compelling, engaging and entertaining content
for global distribution utilizing internal distribution channels,
including Crackle Plus and Screen Media Ventures, or in partnership
with third party platforms. Recent projects include the feature
film Willy’s Wonderland, starring Nicolas Cage; the action film
series, Trigger Point; and the television series, SafeHaven, as
well as projects in active development to be produced in 2021 and
beyond, including the original dramedy series, Flagrant, starring
Michael Rapaport. Landmark Studio Group is headquartered in New
York with offices in Los Angeles.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTSThis
press release includes forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are statements
that are not historical facts. Such forward-looking statements are
subject to risks (including those set forth in the Company’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the nine-month period ended
September 30, 2020) and uncertainties which could cause actual
results to differ from the forward-looking statements. The Company
expressly disclaims any obligations or undertaking to release
publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements
contained herein to reflect any change in the Company’s
expectations with respect thereto or any change in events,
conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based.
Investors should realize that if our underlying assumptions for the
projections contained herein prove inaccurate or that known or
unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results could
vary materially from our expectations and projections.
INVESTOR RELATIONS Taylor
KrafchikEllipsiscsse@ellipsisir.com(646) 776-0886
MEDIA CONTACTKate BarretteRooneyPartners
LLCkbarrette@rooneyco.com (212) 223-0561
FOR LANDMARK STUDIO GROUP: Michelle OrsiThree.Sixty Marketing +
Communicationsmichelle@360-comm.com310.418.6430
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